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Indian participants fall while they are charged by a bull at the annual bull-wrestling event “Jallikattu” in Allanganallur village on the outskirts of Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on January 17, 2019. Dozens of young men were injured on the first day of a traditional bull-wrestling festival in southern India that has attracted the ire of animal activists, officials said January 16. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)

Indian participants fall while they are charged by a bull at the annual bull-wrestling event “Jallikattu” in Allanganallur village on the outskirts of Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu on January 17, 2019. Dozens of young men were injured on the first day of a traditional bull-wrestling festival in southern India that has attracted the ire of animal activists, officials said January 16. (Photo by Arun Sankar/AFP Photo)



In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, owners and others use ropes to control a bull during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. Jallikattu involves releasing a bull into a crowd of people who are expected to hang on to the animal's hump for a stipulated distance or hold on to the hump for a minimum of three jumps made by the bull. The sport, performed during the four-day “Pongal” or winter harvest festival, is hugely popular in Tamil Nadu. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, owners and others use ropes to control a bull during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. Jallikattu involves releasing a bull into a crowd of people who are expected to hang on to the animal's hump for a stipulated distance or hold on to the hump for a minimum of three jumps made by the bull. The sport, performed during the four-day “Pongal” or winter harvest festival, is hugely popular in Tamil Nadu. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, a bull runs away from tamers during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, a bull runs away from tamers during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, an Indian tamer holds on to a bull's hump during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, an Indian tamer holds on to a bull's hump during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Thursday, January 17, 2019, photo, a photo of a bull is displayed on the mobile phone of Indian tamer M. Jayakumar at a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Thursday, January 17, 2019, photo, a photo of a bull is displayed on the mobile phone of Indian tamer M. Jayakumar at a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, a bull is decorated with currency notes before taking part in the rituals during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, a bull is decorated with currency notes before taking part in the rituals during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, motorcycles and bicycles are displayed before gifting them to bull owners and tamers during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, motorcycles and bicycles are displayed before gifting them to bull owners and tamers during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, members of Jallikattu organizing committee attend traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, members of Jallikattu organizing committee attend traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, a bull charges towards a tamer during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, a bull charges towards a tamer during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Thursday, January 17, 2019, photo, legs of organizers dangle as they sit on a wall painted with a mural during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Thursday, January 17, 2019, photo, legs of organizers dangle as they sit on a wall painted with a mural during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Thursday, January 17, 2019, photo, an Indian tamer reacts as a bull charges towards him during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Thursday, January 17, 2019, photo, an Indian tamer reacts as a bull charges towards him during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, Indian tamers react as a bull comes charging towards them during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, Indian tamers react as a bull comes charging towards them during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Thursday, January 17, 2019, photo, a bull comes out to charge towards tamers at a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Thursday, January 17, 2019, photo, a bull comes out to charge towards tamers at a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, an Indian tamer tries to control a bull during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Wednesday, January 16, 2019, photo, an Indian tamer tries to control a bull during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)



In this Thursday, January 17, 2019, photo, Indian tamers react as a fellow tamer tries to control a charging bull during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)

In this Thursday, January 17, 2019, photo, Indian tamers react as a fellow tamer tries to control a charging bull during a traditional bull-taming festival called Jallikattu, in the village of Allanganallur, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu state, India. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)
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